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Waiting for NOA2 - 53 days - Worry yet?

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sdw Proficient

sdw   10

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I waited 163 days to get my I130 approved.

Removal of Conditions: 12/09/2011

ROC check cashed 12/15/11

NOA1 12/13/11

Biometrics 1/6/12 Complete

RFE 9/13/12

RFE package sent back 10/17/12

Card Production Ordered 12/04/12

10 year card arrived in mail 12/10/12

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Peachey   10

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Maybe it's in the mail!

I would wait another couple weeks before starting to really worry and stuff.

12/31/2009 - Marriage

07/21/2010 - AOS approved

08/04/2010 - Green Card received (and it's actually green!)

05/30/2012 - Sent ROC packet to VSC

06/08/2012 - Received NOA1 for ROC (Dated 06/04/2012)

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GregBu   1

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I waited 163 days to get my I130 approved.

I just checked and it's been 106 days for me so far. Oddly enough, I think I'm somehow "programmed" to worry every 53 days, hopefully I'm not posting this again in 159 days, but I could be.

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GregBu   1

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Is it worth trying to contact uscis? I've called in the past and the phone tree is hard to get through. The messages make it clear that if the automated system has no more information, then the agents themselves won't have information either.

Is that true? Or are they just trying to discourage me from bothering them? I guess I'm wondering if its worth contacting them yet. Technically the processing time for my petition isn't overdue for another month, but they're still taking longer than other indicators say they should.

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So, I called their number this morning, selected the options for "I believe it's outside of the processing window" and "I haven't heard anything in the last 60 days" and I got through to someone.

They informed me that as of yesterday, they mailed out my NOA2.

That's NOT updated on the website yet, and I'm not doing any cheering until I have the paper IN MY HAND. But, it's looking up!

EDIT: Hah, I had JUST posted this, when I got the text message that my case status has been updated by USCIS. Ok, I'll celebrate now. Yay, NOA2.

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Peachey   10

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Congrats! Exciting news :)

Just so you know, their website isnt' the greatest. It still says our petition is pending, and i've had my visa since November!

12/31/2009 - Marriage

07/21/2010 - AOS approved

08/04/2010 - Green Card received (and it's actually green!)

05/30/2012 - Sent ROC packet to VSC

06/08/2012 - Received NOA1 for ROC (Dated 06/04/2012)

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Congrats! Exciting news :)

Just so you know, their website isnt' the greatest. It still says our petition is pending, and i've had my visa since November!

The website is updated now, but I have a feeling that it's only updated now because I prodded them.

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So, I called their number this morning, selected the options for "I believe it's outside of the processing window" and "I haven't heard anything in the last 60 days" and I got through to someone.

They informed me that as of yesterday, they mailed out my NOA2.

That's NOT updated on the website yet, and I'm not doing any cheering until I have the paper IN MY HAND. But, it's looking up!

EDIT: Hah, I had JUST posted this, when I got the text message that my case status has been updated by USCIS. Ok, I'll celebrate now. Yay, NOA2.

Congratulations. :dance:

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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My NOA1 was dated May 1 '09. It took 121 days for my NOA2. Then my file went missing. It didn't reach NVC until this earlier this year!

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Montreal, Canada

Marriage : 2007-09-30 in Las Vegas

Type of visa : IR-1

USCIS

I-130 Sent : 2009-04-23

I-130 NOA1 : 2009-05-01

I-130 NOA2 : 2009-09-29 (File went missing - not received by NVC)

I-130 NOA2 : 2010-02-11

NVC

NVC Received : 2010-02-23

Return Completed DS-3032 : 2010-02-24

Pay I-864 Bill : 2010-02-24

OPTIN Email to NVC : 2010-02-24

OPTIN Confirmation from NVC : 2010-03-09

Return Completed I-864 : 2010-03-12

Pay IV Bill : 2010-03-12

IV Payment Processed : 2010-03-15

Applicant's Documents for Processing Sent : 2010-03-17

Case Completed at NVC : 2010-04-08

Medical

2010-05-26 (Toronto)

Interview

Interview Assigned : 2010-05-01 (Saturday)

Interview in Montreal : 2010-06-18 - APPROVED!

Passport Received via XpressPost : 2010-06-24

POE : 2010-07-06 (Pearson International Airport)

Applied for SSN : 2010-07-19

SSN Arrived : 2010-07-24

Green Card Arrived : 2010-10-18

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Kathryn41   3,205

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Actually, when you talk to someone at USCIS hot-line number, you are not talking to an immigration officer, you are talking to a call center employee who has a computer and a script of acceptable answers to different scenarios in front of them. They have no impact at all upon your case - all they can do is relay the information that they have access to from their computer to you - and that is the same information you have access to. So, sorry, your 'prodding' them didn't make a difference - it was your time for approval. Congratulations on the NOA2!

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